1. Create the alignment of housing development with the urban settlement improvement.

Land in Jakarta is increasingly lessen and expensive, while citizens of every

income class need a place to stay. One of the ways to solve the problem is by making the
vertical housing. Land consolidation is required to acquire lands that are large enough for
the construction of multi-level housings. Mixed-use development will be implemented in
the area, which means that there will be a market, a shopping centre, and other business
at the location besides housing. Hence, the public will have an opportunity to create new
jobs and continue existing businesses.
Jakarta residents are not only deprived of affordable housing but also of green
spaces. The latter make up less than 10 percent of the capital city’s land area,
depressingly short of the 30 percent mandated by the 2007 Spatial Planning Law. The
consequences are dire: Water catchment areas to prevent flooding are insufficient; trees
to produce oxygen are scarce; free and healthy recreation areas are inadequate. spatial
layout policy of increasing density was the answer to housing crisis and would make
vertical housing in the middle of the city affordable. If citizens were housed in
apartments, the supply of houses would increase. The price of houses will be more
affordable as there will be more supply. Hence, Jakarta residents can own houses with
affordable prices without having to relocate.

2. Develop mass transportation system.

Traffic has become a characteristic of Jakarta. It can be tired for us to make way
around the city can be a tiresome task. Driving private vehicles seem to waste more time
on the road due regular traffic jams. Walking on the footpaths is also not a brilliant idea
because roadsides in Jakarta aren’t safe for pedestrians As a capital city, Jakarta also
provides many public transportation options that connect almost all areas at affordable
prices. Yes, some are packed but using public transportation is more efficient than riding
or driving your own vehicles. There’s many public transportation that be developed in
Jakarta, such as TransJakarta that is Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in Jakarta. The
buses run in dedicated lanes so it is free from traffic jam most of the time (unless on
several corridors where lanes are also used by private vehicles). It is also very cheap,
only Rp2.000 (from 5am to 7am) and Rp3.500 for single trip on regular hours.
Next, The MRT is one of Jakarta’s biggest infrastructure developments that has
also been long-awaited in the city. Although it has helped many people even during its
opening in March 2019, construction is still undergoing for more routes to other
locations. For now, Jakarta MRT has a North–South line between Kota and Lebak Bulus
and an East–West line. It takes 30 minutes to reach one end to the other with the price
ranging Rp 4,000 for each stop Rp 14,000. And last but not least is KA Commuter
Jabodetabek (or more commonly known as Commuterline) is a commuter rail system
within Jakarta. KA (Kereta Api or train) Commuter serves commuters in Jakarta, Bogor,
 Depok, Tangerang, South Tangerang, and Bekasi. The trains used for Commuterline are
all air-conditioned, clean, and some have female-only carriages as well. The ticket price
for the first 25 kilometers is Rp2.000 and Rp1.000 for the next 10 kilometers.

3. Strengthen the local wisdom.

The Indonesian government needs to equip its development policies with a

cultural strategy, which can mainstream local wisdom that is rich with the spirit of
tolerance, to prevent the rapidly growing intolerance movements, an expert has said. “All
this time, the government has never had a cultural strategy, which aims to make its
people ready to face changes in the society, which is getting more plural,” said AWC
director Ahmad Suaedy. If traditional values that are rich with tolerance are not
strengthened and protected by the government through cultural strategy, these values
would disappear. Bhinneka Tunggal Ika National Alliance (ANBTI) Yogyakarta
coordinator Agnes Dwi Rusjiati criticized the government’s unbalanced approach in
preserving cultural traditions. “This preservation has greatly benefited cultural traditions
in society for economic purposes, such as tourism; however, other important traditions,
such as native religions, have been abolished,” she said.

4. Implement the Transit Oriented Development (TOD)

Jakarta is growing very rapidly. More than 18.6 million private vehicles in
Jakarta. Public transport users in the capital city have only reached 24 percent. There are
about 47.5 million movement of people in Jabodetabek. BPS DKI Jakarta in 2015 noted
that every day there were around 1.4 million commuters from areas around the capital
city. expanding rapidly and uncontrollably in the Jakarta-Bodetabek area significantly
increases transportation costs, reduces mobility levels, and lowers quality of life.
The rapid and uncontrolled expansion of the cities of Jakarta and Bodetabek is mostly
seen with low floors (nearly 64 percent of the total area of Jakarta) and low-rise buildings
causing the depletion of land supplies in Jakarta.
As a result of this phenomenon, Jakarta currently does not have enough space for
future development. Building the city of Jakarta efficiently horizontally by relying on the
road network and private vehicles will result in the city growing bigger, and
uncontrollable. The worst result is that the middle class is marginalized outside the city,
causing social impacts both inside and outside the city. In addition, open space is
increasingly lost and the city's infrastructure cannot accelerate the expansion of the city,
resulting in far below standard public services. The irony is that residents and commuters
are forced to incur higher costs of living without proper improvements in public services.
It is time for Jakarta to change its development paradigm by no longer being oriented
towards private vehicles, especially cars, but more oriented towards pedestrians and mass
public transportation. These changes do not only stop at providing an adequate mass
transportation system but also the concept of city development that provides convenience
and comfort for its residents, including regional planning, passenger flow, and intermodal
integration.
This issue has prompted PT MRT Jakarta to develop the concept of a transit-
oriented development (TOD) area at several stations in phase 1 of the south-north
corridor. TOD is an urban area designed to integrate transit functions with people,
activities, buildings, and public spaces with the aim of optimizing access to public
transportation so that it can support passenger carrying capacity.

With the concept of a transit-oriented area, PT MRT Jakarta encourages a numbe of

benefits for the community, such as :

• Reducing vehicle use, road congestion, and air pollution;

• Development that supports walking and a healthy and active lifestyle;
• Improve access to employment and economic opportunities;
• Potential to create added value through increasing property value;
• Increase the number of transit passengers and profits from ticket sales:
• Increase the choice of modes of movement in urban areas.

In developing the TOD plan, PT MRT Jakarta uses eight principles, namely:

• Mixed functions (development of mixed functions within a walking radius of each

station, namely commercial, office, institutional, and public facilities functions);
• High density (maximizing the density and activity of stations around the transit)
in accordance with the carrying capacity of the area;
• Improved quality of connectivity (simple, direct, and intuitive connections that
support the use of users to, from, and between stations that are free of motor
vehicles and have a clear marking system to stations within the development
area);
• improving the quality of life (attractive, safe, and comfortable space experiences
that support the daily needs of passengers, pedestrians, workers, residents, and
visitors through roads, plazas, open spaces that can make a positive contribution
to the identity and character of an integrated transit area);
• Social justice (enabling new communities to survive and succeed in the long term
by opening up employment and housing opportunities for all socioeconomic
groups, maintaining existing communities and social networks in development
areas, and providing social infrastructure to support identity and better community
relations ) strong);
• Environmental sustainability (reducing the negative impact of development on the
environment with environmentally friendly designs, reducing carbon footprint as
a result of optimizing walking and cycling, preserving natural and urban
ecosystems, and processing waste for new resources);
• Infrastructure resilience (designing cities that can withstand major disasters and
the impacts of climate change); and
• Economic renewal (local economic development that can attract investment and
new job opportunities).